CAS500-3

Name: Nuri · CAS500-3
Start: 2025-11-26T16:13:00Z
Location: Naro Space Center, South Korea

Nuri, flown by Korea Aerospace Research Institute

Nuri lifting off with the CAS500-3 mission — Image via The Space Devs.

This was Korea Aerospace Research Institute's first launch of 2025, and its eighth in all.

Counting every operator, it was the 281st orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2025, and the first from LC-2.

Launched: Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, 4:13 p.m. UTC
Window: Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, 3:54 to 4:14 p.m. UTC
Launch site: Naro Space Center, South Korea
Rocket: KSLV-2 Nuri
Operator: Korea Aerospace Research Institute

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The mission

CAS500-3 is a South Korean Earth observation satellites to be used by the Ministry of Science and ICT for space technology verification and space science research.

Type: Earth science
Destination: Sun-synchronous orbit

The rocket

Nuri, also known as KSLV-II, is South Korea's second carrier rocket and the successor to KSLV-1.

The operator

Korea Aerospace Research Institute

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) established in 1989, is the aeronautics and space agency of Republic of Korea. Its main laboratories are located in Daejeon, in the Daedeok Science Town.

Sector: Government
Based in: South Korea
Founded: 1989
Run by: Lee Sang-Ryool, Administrator

8 launches so far, 5 of them successful. The last 3 in a row went to plan.

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The launch site

It went up from LC-2 at Naro Space Center, South Korea.

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